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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn North Richmond 1,367 people (26.6% of people aged 15+) provided unpaid care to children in 2021. Of these, 271 people were caring for children other than their own.
The role of unpaid childcare in North Richmond is determined by many different factors. For example areas with high levels of unpaid child care may have a dominance of single income families with one significant earner, or there could be a lack of provision of paid child care in the area. The level to which people care for others children can also indicate the role of extended family (eg. grandparents caring for grandchildren, family day care).
The role of unpaid child care is a complex one so this topic should be viewed in conjunction with several others, including Household Type, Employment, Household Income and Educational Attendance.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'In the last two weeks did the person spend time looking after a child, without pay?', which specifically asks respondents to differentiate between caring for their own children and caring for others children.
Dominant groups
Analysis of the unpaid child care provided by the population in North Richmond in 2021 compared to Hobartville shows that there was a similar proportion of people who provided unpaid child care either to their own or to other children. Overall, 26.6% of the population provided unpaid child care, compared with 26.8% for Hobartville.
There were no major differences between North Richmond and Hobartville in 2021.
Emerging groups
The number of people who provided unpaid child care for their own and/or other people's children in North Richmond increased by 188 between 2016 and 2021.
The largest changes in the number of people performing unpaid child care in North Richmond, between 2016 and 2021 were those who:
- No unpaid child care provided (+954 persons)
- Cared for own child/ren (+296 persons)
- Cared for other child/ren (-103 persons)
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